Weather Records on 9 January 2008

1,335 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 January 2008. Highest significance: Bucyrus, US.

Key Facts for 9 January 2008

On 9 January 2008, 1,335 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
914 were record highs and 109 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 44 monthly and 1,291 daily.
Bucyrus set a daily record precipitation of 55.9 mm (2.2 in) on 9 January 2008.
Across 167 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 506 records.

Record Map

1,335 stations

1,335 station records on 9 January 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 January 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bucyrus	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Lima Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
W Manchester 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Elliston	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Piqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Pleasant Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Versailles	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Nashville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Shoals 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Williams 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Rochester	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Paoli	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsville 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
St Marys 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Celina 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Elyria 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Chilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Malanda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	148.0 mm (5.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Brookville	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Williamston 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
New Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kerki	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-19.9 C (-3.8 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Petersburg 61 Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Willis Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois Srn In Forage Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
New Castle 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Winchester Airport 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eaton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Malham Tarn	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Indianapolis SE Side	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Galion Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hazelton	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Winamac 2SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Morris 2W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,335 records

Records set or tied on 9 January 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 575, Lowest daily maximum 55, Highest daily minimum 339, Lowest daily minimum 54, Heaviest daily rainfall 239, Heaviest daily snowfall 46, Deepest snow cover 27.

Records on 9 January 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	575
Lowest daily maximum	55
Highest daily minimum	339
Lowest daily minimum	54
Heaviest daily rainfall	239
Heaviest daily snowfall	46
Deepest snow cover	27

Records on 9 January 2008 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 44, daily 1,291.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,061 broken records

Margins by which the 1,061 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 228.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 January 2008

Top 20 records on 9 January 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 January 2008	Bucyrus, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	88 years	76 of 100 (Major)
9 January 2008	Lima Wwtp, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	88 years	76 of 100 (Major)
9 January 2008	W Manchester 3 WSW, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	88 years	75 of 100 (Major)
9 January 2008	Greenfield, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	81 years	74 of 100 (Major)
9 January 2008	Greenville Wtp, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	88 years	74 of 100 (Major)
9 January 2008	Kenton, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	77 years	73 of 100 (Major)
9 January 2008	Bellefontaine, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	77 years	72 of 100 (Major)
9 January 2008	Elliston, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	70 years	71 of 100 (Major)
9 January 2008	Piqua, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	70 years	71 of 100 (Major)
9 January 2008	Pleasant Hill, US	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	70 years	69 of 100 (Major)
9 January 2008	Versailles, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	88 years	67 of 100 (Major)
9 January 2008	Greensburg, US	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	50 years	65 of 100 (Major)
9 January 2008	Nashville 2 NNE, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	50 years	64 of 100 (Major)
9 January 2008	Mt Vernon, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	88 years	63 of 100 (Major)
9 January 2008	Shelbyville Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	109 years	63 of 100 (Major)
9 January 2008	Upper Sandusky, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	77 years	63 of 100 (Major)
9 January 2008	Shoals 8 S, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	42 years	62 of 100 (Major)
9 January 2008	Williams 3 SW, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	70 years	62 of 100 (Major)
9 January 2008	Rushville, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	77 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 January 2008	Seymour 1 WSW, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 years	61 of 100 (Major)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1799 to 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 2008. 2008 had 1,335 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 01-09 in each year
Year	Records
1799	2
1806	1
1830	1
1842	1
1849	1
1851	1
1853	2
1855	1
1857	2
1858	2
1861	2
1862	2
1866	1
1867	2
1869	1
1870	3
1871	1
1872	1
1873	3
1874	1
1875	1
1876	4
1877	3
1879	2
1881	3
1882	1
1884	4
1886	2
1887	4
1888	3
1889	1
1890	4
1891	2
1892	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	10
1896	1
1897	6
1898	3
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	5
1903	7
1904	11
1905	12
1906	13
1907	10
1908	13
1909	9
1910	14
1911	16
1912	64
1913	8
1914	30
1915	29
1916	56
1917	51
1918	76
1919	36
1920	66
1921	71
1922	92
1923	83
1924	161
1925	84
1926	144
1927	120
1928	387
1929	208
1930	919
1931	66
1932	205
1933	287
1934	446
1935	783
1936	577
1937	1,637
1938	250
1939	1,091
1940	623
1941	431
1942	948
1943	342
1944	442
1945	543
1946	623
1947	178
1948	278
1949	1,035
1950	407
1951	261
1952	310
1953	1,148
1954	298
1955	206
1956	416
1957	1,439
1958	661
1959	355
1960	575
1961	140
1962	1,334
1963	690
1964	857
1965	673
1966	289
1967	409
1968	1,461
1969	569
1970	1,833
1971	659
1972	617
1973	1,380
1974	1,392
1975	1,055
1976	792
1977	1,631
1978	1,494
1979	891
1980	794
1981	635
1982	1,162
1983	759
1984	538
1985	1,541
1986	685
1987	1,243
1988	1,247
1989	1,460
1990	1,335
1991	1,048
1992	1,368
1993	1,524
1994	852
1995	1,099
1996	1,632
1997	1,440
1998	1,735
1999	947
2000	677
2001	829
2002	1,889
2003	1,186
2004	717
2005	1,135
2006	872
2007	1,607
2008	1,335
2009	825
2010	1,941
2011	802
2012	604
2013	641
2014	694
2015	868
2016	616
2017	943
2018	742
2019	323
2020	471
2021	405
2022	356
2023	519
2024	1,533
2025	744
2026	1,609

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	1,022
50 to 100	27
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	3